Michael Paarlberg

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Associate Professor of Political Science @VCU. Senior Fellow @CIPolicy. Assoc Fellow @IPS_DC. Fmr LatAm advisor @BernieSanders. 교포 mpaarlberg.bsky.social

RVA & DC michaelpaarlberg.org Joined September 2012

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Michael Paarlberg @MPaarlberg Jan 7

Despite Trump's professed willingness to put boots on the ground in Venezuela, he doesn't want an open-ended occupation required for an Iraq-style de-Baathification (de-chavistication?) of the Vz government. Thus the FANB has veto power in any future transition, I tell @BBCNews

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Michael Paarlberg @MPaarlberg 11h

He’s like Selina in Veep

Acyn Verified account @Acyn 13h

Trump says Hegseth was one of the guys “most responsible” for the Iran war.

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Michael Paarlberg @MPaarlberg 2d

Ueno, a Paraguayan bank at the center of a corruption scandal that caused the resignation and arrest of Trump ally Pres. Peña, sponsored a gala at Mar-a-Lago in February. Weeks later, JPMorgan and Bank of America arranged its $350 million bond issuance. ibtimes.co.uk/ueno-bank-mar-…

www.ibtimes.co.uk Paraguay Bank That Left 3M Without Access to Savings Sponsored Far-Right Gala at Trump's Mar-a-Lago... Ueno Bank reportedly left around three million Paraguayan customers unable to access savings and was a top-tier sponsor of a gala at Trump's Mar-a-Lago.

Michael Paarlberg @MPaarlberg 4d

Ortega is a useful case for reminding us that

- serving foreign investors and banks ≠ serving your people

- saying you're a leftist ≠ being a leftist

Stephen Wicary @wicary 5d

A socialist autocrat known for railing against Washington is winning plaudits from credit ratings agencies after emerging as the biggest fiscal hawk in the Americas, @mdmcdonald reports bloomberg.com/news/articles/…
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Michael Paarlberg @MPaarlberg 5d

You can’t win an election on foreign policy, but you can certainly lose one

Edward Wong Verified account @ewong 5d

An election predicated on US foreign policy
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